DevSisters, Krafton sign Cookie Run India publishing deal

DevSisters, Krafton sign Cookie Run India publishing deal

South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a publishing agreement in India for the mobile game "Cookie R...

S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week

S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week

Time, South Korea’s best-selling women’s fashion brand which is owned by Handsome Corp., will participate in Paris Fashion Week fall/w...

Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high

Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its supremacy in the DRAM segment strengthen last year with its market shar...

SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer

SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer

BARCELONA – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, sees the emergence of personal artificial intelligence assistants as a gam...

HL Mando listed in S&P Sustainability Yearbook 2023

HL Mando listed in S&P Sustainability Yearbook 2023

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, announced on Tuesday that it has been i...

BTS agency HYBE logs record sales backed by albums, concerts

BTS agency HYBE logs record sales backed by albums, concerts

HYBE Co., the agency behind K-pop sensation BTS, last year logged the highest-ever annual revenue for a South Korean entertainment company, backed b...

Softbank to join SK Telecom-led global AI joint venture

Softbank to join SK Telecom-led global AI joint venture

BARCELONA -- Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. tied up with major global telcos such as South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and E...

POSCO International to build motor core plants in Poland, Mexico

POSCO International to build motor core plants in Poland, Mexico

POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Monday it will build new trac...

Hyundai, Kia enjoy renewed popularity of LPG trucks Porter, Bongo

Hyundai, Kia enjoy renewed popularity of LPG trucks Porter, Bongo

Many economists are trumpeting weak business conditions for the coming months. But an economic slowdown isn’t all that bad for Hyundai Motor C...

Kia Niro surpasses 1 million global sales

Kia Niro surpasses 1 million global sales

Kia Corp.'s Niro, a compact crossover SUV hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) model, has surpassed the 1 million global sales milestone since its first...

Zuckerberg to meet LG CEO for XR headset development

Zuckerberg to meet LG CEO for XR headset development

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc., will meet LG Electronics Inc. CEO Cho Joo-wan in Seoul around Feb. 28 to disc...

AIMMO’s global push gains speed with US foray

AIMMO’s global push gains speed with US foray

South Korean AI-powered data solution-providing startup AIMMO Inc. is expediting its global push with an aggressive advance into the US market, wher...

Hyundai, Kia aim to raise Indian sales after record output

Hyundai, Kia aim to raise Indian sales after record output

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, aim to raise sales by 4.2% in India this year after logging record vehi...

Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market

Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release its new fitness band, the Galaxy Fit3. The device features an expansive 40mm di...

Mirae Asset taps Goldman veteran O’Connor as Global X ETFs CEO

Mirae Asset taps Goldman veteran O’Connor as Global X ETFs CEO

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. said on Wednesday it has appointed Ryan O’Connor, a Goldman Sachs veteran, as chief exe...

Series C startup Wefun eyes 2025 IPO in S.Korea

Series C startup Wefun eyes 2025 IPO in S.Korea

Wefun, a Seoul-based startup operating an office maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) platform, plans to go public next year after successfully r...

KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners

KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners

South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will participate in the world's largest mobile exhibition MWC 2024 to be held in Barcelona...

LG Display to pull out of LCD business; BOE, CSOT eye Guangzhou plant

LG Display to pull out of LCD business; BOE, CSOT eye Guangzhou plant

LG Display Co. has put its liquid crystal display (LCD) panel plant in Guangzhou, China up for sale as the South Korean display panel maker plans to...

Perigee, Philippines gov’t to recycle small launch vehicle

Perigee, Philippines gov’t to recycle small launch vehicle

South Korea's Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has discussed collaboration with the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) for the laun...

Altos Ventures invests $9.4 mn in Techtaka

Altos Ventures invests $9.4 mn in Techtaka

South Korea's Altos Ventures announced on Tuesday that it has invested 12.6 billion won ($9.4 million) in the software-centric fulfillment company T...

State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars

State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars

South Korea’s economics scholars oppose government-led countermeasures, including compensation packages, to handle mounting retail investor lo...

S.Korea's EcoPro to seek local talent in Hungary

S.Korea's EcoPro to seek local talent in Hungary

South Korean battery materials manufacturer EcoPro Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with the Debrecen Vocational Training Center in Debrece...

Global property market plunge hits Korean financial firms

Global property market plunge hits Korean financial firms

South Korean financial service companies are seeing increased losses in global real estate amid the commercial property value plunge and concerns ar...

S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies

S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies

Refiners in South Korea are in a race to expand their presence in the electric vehicle lubricants market through overseas production facilities and ...

SK Networks looks to triple operating profit by 2026 with AI

SK Networks looks to triple operating profit by 2026 with AI

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading and rental company actively investing in tech firms in recent years, will step up its efforts to transform i...

SK Biopharm targets $311 mn for Cenobamate US sales

SK Biopharm targets $311 mn for Cenobamate US sales

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals targeted 416 billion won ($311 million) for its epilepsy treatment Cenobamate in the US market this year. SK Bi...

Kang Shin-ho returns as CJ CheilJedang CEO to revive sagging sales

Kang Shin-ho returns as CJ CheilJedang CEO to revive sagging sales

South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ CheilJedang Corp. and entertainment giant CJ E...

Venture downturn keeps Korean unicorns from acquisitions

Venture downturn keeps Korean unicorns from acquisitions

South Korean unicorns, or private companies worth $1 billion or more, are increasingly refraining from taking over smaller startups for business exp...

MBK Partners' key asset draws young customers: Modern House

MBK Partners' key asset draws young customers: Modern House

Modern House, the top home decoration brand in South Korea, sticks to a unique rule for its store operations: one-third of the products on the shelv...

India's love for Korean pizza spurs Gopizza’s global business

India's love for Korean pizza spurs Gopizza’s global business

South Korea’s Gopizza Inc. opened its 50th branch in India, the world’s most populous country, as the food tech startup aims to attract ...

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